Amendment
Bill No. 7235
Amendment No. 942415
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Kottkamp offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove line(s) 294-350 and insert:
5     (I)  Ten, 10 cents shall be distributed to the Florida
6Association of Court Clerks and Comptroller, Inc., for the cost
7of development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of
8the clerks' Comprehensive Case Information System, in which
9system all clerks shall participate on or before January 1,
102006. The Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptroller,
11Inc., shall provide for an annual operational audit, as defined
12in s. 11.45(1)(g), of its financial accounts and records
13relating to the Comprehensive Case Information System fees by an
14independent certified public accountant. Such audit shall be
15performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards as
16adopted by the State Board of Accountancy and include a
17determination as to whether the fees distributed to the Florida
18Association of Court Clerks and Comptroller, Inc., were expended
19solely for the purposes stated in this sub-sub-subparagraph. The
20annual audit report shall be submitted within 90 days after the
21end of the association's fiscal year to the Governor's Office,
22the appropriations committees of the Senate and the House of
23Representatives, and the Auditor General for review. However, at
24its discretion, the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee may
25require the Auditor General or other entity to conduct the
26audit;
27     (II)  One dollar and ninety cents; $1.90 shall be retained
28by the clerk to be deposited in the Public Records Modernization
29Trust Fund and used exclusively for funding court-related
30technology needs of the clerk as defined in s. 29.008(1)(f)2.
31and (h); and
32     (III)  Effective April 1, 2007, $2 shall be distributed to
33the Court Technology Trust Fund to be used to prepare the
34judicial circuit technology strategic plan required by s.
3529.0087 and be disbursed to counties as state financial
36assistance to assist the counties with the costs of providing
37court-related technology and court technology needs as defined
38in s. 29.008(1)(f)2. and (h) for the state trial courts, state
39attorney, and public defender in that county. Counties shall
40agree to use funds in conformance with the judicial circuit
41technology strategic plan required by s. 29.0087 as approved by
42the chief judge in order to be eligible for state financial
43assistance from the Court Technology Trust Fund. The amount
44provided to each county from the Court Technology Trust Fund
45shall be equal to each county's percentage of total collections
46of the additional recording fee required by this section applied
47to the total amount available to be distributed to counties. If
48a county is not eligible to receive funds from the Court
49Technology Trust Fund, the funds that would have otherwise been
50distributed to the county shall remain in the Court Technology
51Trust Fund to be used as appropriated by the Legislature board
52of county commissioners to be used exclusively to fund court-
53related technology, and court technology needs as defined in s.
5429.008(1)(f)2. and (h) for the state trial courts, state
55attorney, and public defender in that county.
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59     Remove line(s) 26 and 27 and insert:
60amending s. 28.24, F.S.; revising provisions for distributing
61the additional $4 services charge


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